Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A very short jacket worn open in the front.
- n. A lively Spanish dance in triple meter.
- n. The music for this dance.
- n. A slow Latin American dance, often in duple meter.
- n. The music for this dance.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A Spanish dance in ¾ time, accompanied by the voice and castanets, intended to represent the course of love from extreme shyness to extreme passion.
- n. A musical composition for such a dance.
- n. A short jacket, ending about three inches above the waist-line: originally in imitation of the Spanish jacket, but now-made in many fashions, and trimmed either simply or with extremely elaborate ornament.
Wiktionary
- n. a lively Spanish dance
- n. a type of short, buttonless jacket or blouse, open or tied in front and ending at the diaphragm
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Mus.) A Spanish dance, or the lively music which accompanies it.
- n. A kind of small outer jacket, with or without sleeves, worn by women.
WordNet 3.0
- n. music written in the rhythm of the bolero dance
- n. a short jacket; worn mostly by women
- n. a Spanish dance in triple time accompanied by guitar and castanets
Etymologies
- Spanish, from bola, ball; see bola. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“It's a kind of bolero jacket with beads all over it," Ms. McCord told the Daily Transom about the jacket that she bought at an estate sale about a decade ago.”
For Sale: Chloe Sevigny's Refrigerator, Kelly Killoren Bensimon's Sneakers, Chuck Schumer's Tie
“Erin--Did you notice how many of those daily hints from Paris feature a "bolero"?”
“It's a kind of bolero jacket with beads all over it," Ms. McCord told the Daily Transom about the jacket that she bought at an estate sale about a decade ago.”
“While I've never actually heard the Spanish style of romantic ballad called a "bolero", that's the word that comes to mind when I hear this song, which is chock full of triplets played on the acoustic guitar, giving it an exotic, slow-dance sort of feel.”
“Choose a jacket cropped at the waist, such as a fur "chubby"—a fluffy, short jacket—bolero, cashmere wrap or stole.”
“She updates Caesar Portillo De la Luz s famous bolero Tu, Mi Delirio, with a kind of quiet storm vibe.”
“It was unflattering, stark white, and short in length with a high-collared bolero jacket.”
“Through the wide variety of historical photographs, paintings and statuary included, we see correspondences of silhouette, construction, color and embellishment that teach us how to "read" a design—the way, for instance, the ornate embroidery of a matador's bolero brings drama to an evening gown, or how voluminous gathers of fabric, thrillingly elegant in a sleeve or skirt, are actually a translation from the festive dress of Spanish laborers.”
“I loved the bolero used by Miles Davis and Gil Evans on their 1960 album "Sketches of Spain.”
“It was so hot under the lights that she shed the bolero.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bolero’.
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MUSIC - dance styles
A list generated by Phrontistery
http://phrontistery.info/dance.html
which I wanted to have along with my own lists on Wordnikallemande, beguine, bergamask, bolero, bossa-nova, boston, bourrée, bransle, buck-and-wing, cabriole, cakewalk, canary and 93 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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phrontistery - b
List of words from phrontistery.info
babeldom, baccate, bacchanal, bacciferous, bacciform, baccivorous, bacillicide, backstay, bactericide, baculiform, baculine, baculum and 582 more...
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Redundancing
The Moves. Do~do~ditty!
tango, bolero, cha cha, foxtrot, foxtantino, hip hop, hustle, jive, merengue, two step, paso doble, quickstep and 219 more...
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Historical Costume Box
This is just sort of my "unsorted pit" of costumes to be organized later. It's a really broad topic, so right now, anything goes! Thanks for the contributions!
baldric, bliaut, coif, cote-hardie, farthingale, houppelande, partlet, tabard, kirtle, wimple, buskin, greatcoat and 33 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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window dressing
chemise, gossamer, tweed, pleat, fold, cuff, button, shirttails, ascot, cummerbund, velvet, silk and 104 more...
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Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV
Words from the songs of Frank Black, a.k.a. Black Francis
zugzwang, valhalla, montalvo, ishist, tritons, mosh, siam, llano del rio, protohuman, tumbleweeds, ludwigshafen, ballyhoos and 349 more...
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wingblossom's Words
flicker, wrinkle, solipsism, tea, aurora, lilt, burnt, crescent, gale, pocket, ephemeral, candied and 136 more...
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Rose varieties
Rosarians have names for thousands of varieties of roses.
holy toledo, gourmet popcorn, apple jack, barbara bush, burning desire, hot tamale, tradescant, sweet surrender, sweet chariot, pinocchio, oyster pearl, olympiad and 309 more...
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...another list...
I've no idea where I got this page full of words, but whatever it is, I want to find it again. May have duplicate words from other lists.
bicameral, aphelion, dirigible, parhelion, flocculus, vernier, corticate, oxalis, pandanus, calabash, plumbago, jonquil and 217 more...
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Words Covered in Faery Dust (B)
words that evoke magic, mystery, mayhem, magnificence or anything else that glimmers in the grass
balcony, bailey, baguette, bairn, balalaika, baldric, balefire, baby's breath, ballet, balm of gilead, balsam, baluster and 188 more...
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Baby, It's Cold Outside!
Do as your mom says and put on a jacket.
frock coat, doublet, reefer, cutaway, morning coat, tailcoat, dinner jacket, smoking jacket, juste-au-corps, jerkin, basque, spencer and 134 more...
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fliti's Words
panache, mushaboom, aubergine, serpentine, glimpse, schadenfreude, syzygy, plethora, zeitgeist, defenestrate, callipygian, ubiquitous and 239 more...
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Dance Magic Dance
Styles of dance
ballet, tango, waltz, salsa, polka, swing, charleston, foxtrot, jitterbug, tap, quickstep, mambo and 101 more...
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sartorial splendor
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
-Mark Twainapplique, ascot, brogue, dressing gown, frippery, gusset, grommet, placket, silhouette, whipstitch, appliqué, baste and 59 more...
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